CONTENTS - September 2003
DEPARTMENTS
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Everybody's got an opinion.
BITS & SNATCHES
Bad things happen when you tattoo in Oklahoma, Clayton Patterson reports from ground zero,
Spider Webb's back-breaking 9/11 tributes, tattoo flash on skateboard decks, Gatewood's Primitives, the non-emerging tattoo scene in China, a new CD on
tribalism, Terisa talks about the meaning of Virgo and the rose, Tattoo Lettering 101, and Tennessee Dave remembers when Sailor Ted joined the circus.
HIPSHOTS
The amazing parallax view of legendary photographer Dianne M. Mansfield.
TATTOO ARTISTS AND THEIR RIDES
True Image's Paul Croney and the killer machine that's burning up the track in New Kensington,
Pennsylvania.
READERS' GALLERY
More of the best from the best in the business.
TALKBACK
Brandon Mull details the dangers of Oklahoma's super-restrictive tattoo laws.
FEATURES
CALIFORNIA COVER GIRLS by Bob Baxter
A photographic showcase of fetching female finalists from the California Cover
Girl contest.
TATTOOED PAGANS by Charles Gatewood
A deep, dark investigation of the ritualistic and bizarre world of a shadowy subculture far from the
tattoo mainstream.
JEREMIAH BARBA by Danielle Oberosler
It isn't easy being the heir to a legendary tattoo parent, especially when your mom is Kari Barba.
POLITICALLY INCORRECT TATTOOS by C.W. Eldridge
Our Living History columnist C.W. Eldridge shares his archive of topical photos that thumbs its nose at today's sometimes Victorian views of outrageous tattoos.
COLUMNS
TRAVELIN' MICK
Our globe-hopping reporter tracks down Mr. Chit and his teacher, Teachhea Khompol, the last of the vanishing Cambodian tattooers.
SPOTLIGHT WITH DANIELLE
A visit with a new name to Skin & Ink readers, Dawn Purnell from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
The latest buzz on tattoo machines: who invented them and how they work..